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Japan's Doing Better Than You Think

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Philip Bowring
Dec 03, 2008
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Commentators, particularly but not exclusively from the west, seem to delight in bemoaning the alleged weakness of the Japanese economy and that nation's "lost decade."

Japan itself is considerably concerned. On Monday, the Financial Times, which in particular seems to relish finding countries worse off than its own, quoted Japan’s economy minister, Kaor…

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